Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 50956-h.htm or 50956-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50956/50956-h/50956-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50956/50956-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/russiaspartinwor00shum Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). RUSSIA'S PART IN THE WORLD WAR by COLONEL C. M. SHUMSKY-SOLOMONOV Published by the Russian Information Bureau in the U. S. Woolworth Building New York City Copyright 1920 by Russian Information Bureau New York Introduction The author of this pamphlet, Colonel C. M. Shumsky-Solomonov, is an officer of the Russian Army, a distinguished soldier and an authority on military problems. Col. Shumsky-Solomonov was one of the defenders of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, and as a military expert of the Petrograd daily, "Birjeviya Viedomosti", he was well known not only in Russia but also throughout Europe. The purpose of this pamphlet is to present Russia's part in the recent War. Russia at present lies in seas of blood and tears because of her enormous sacrifices in the struggle against Prussian militarism. The nightmare of Bolshevism was able to overtake Russia because she was exhausted by three years of active participation in the War, during which her casualties reached 12,000,000, and her economic life became overstrained and partially destroyed. Russia's present pitiful condition is the result of her self-sacrificing services to humanity. According to the data quoted by Col. Shumsky-Solomonov, of the 12,000,000 Russian casualties in the recent War, not less than 3,000,000 were in dead. "Russia's losses," says Col. Shumsky-Solomonov, "are more than twice those of France, four-five times those of England, and more than thirty-five times those of America. Russia's losses are more than twice the total strength of the British Army, and three-four times all the forces mustered by the United States. The number of Russia's casualties is larger than the total population of any of the following European countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Holland or the Balkan States."